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SILVER STAR JOURNAL
INTRODUCTION &  INFORMATION



"Every man and every woman is a star."
- Liver AL vel Legis. I. 3

SILVER STAR 5

 Introduction


Greetings to another spin on the Magick Wheel...

As I upload the first few pages of this issue, just before I head to Egypt for a few weeks, thunder and lightening hover over my home. A good omen, I think, Force & Fire manifest-
and if that isnt what we are in the midst of, then I am having a Buddhist hallucination moment, thinking samsara is real, but, of course, we are all waking up.
I, like many of you who stumble upon this...magazine/event....have hope. Not hope that the idiots running the primate political arena can do much good, but hope that the arising sprouts of consciousness and art are, somehow, weaving together and joining a million thoughts. This Unity, like the Ivy, can cover the Wall, eventually crumbling it and feeding upon its composting bones. Something is happening. The same symbols, memes, symbols and vibrations echo from dreams and paintings and sculpture and mass media and stabs of erupting music....
They speak of awareness, liberation, joy and unity...yet they are still a dream, one possibility future we are creating a ladder to...
so we dance and weave our visions. We place our energies toward this great unnamable Magnum Opus- the Great Work
Human evolution?
Becoming god-dess?
Illumination?
Off the wheel .....or..... save everyone?
Does it matter?
All? One?
A crystal of a million colors.

All our art and rituals and magicks say this in one voice:
e-volve!
a-wake!

Do your Will
Love All

and, implied, in every atom:

Have Fun!

 Love & Will
Shakti Om!

Aion 131

aion@psychicsophia.com


Dedication of the Cover: The Altar of Babalon
This image is dedicated in loving respect to
an amazing soul who has opened my heart all over
To Heidi Valkyrie ,May you find true happiness and joy in all hours of your life and that the love you give to all
returns to you a thousand fold.
-TAZ



"Does not matter, need not be." - Austin Spare



OUR MANIFESTO:

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
 

WHAT:

This unique Journal of Magick is totally eclectic, with a focus on serious practical and theoretical essays, fiction, rituals, art and poetry that all express The High Art: those countless aspects of magick and the alchemy of the 'Great Work'. The material herein is primarily in, although not limited to, the realm of Thelema. This means operating on the principle of love under will. Other terms such as Tantrik, Shamanic, Chaotic, Wiccan and so on may also apply. The Will to Love is the Law to Live. In the end, Silver Star is what our contributors and readers choose to make of it.

WHO:

While being in a sense a magickal child of The Horus/Maat Lodge, Silver Star
is not limited in any way to being a 'house organ' for the Lodge. Silver Star seeks to provide an open source and forum for all serious Adepts who will to share with their Brothers and Sisters the work of the Art Magick. A closed system dies. We seek to help inspire the metaphysical knowledge of the New Gnosis as an open system. Our simple goal: The magickal evolution of humanity.

HOW:

 You send us wonders and we will help spread them. Omnia Veritas (everything is true) . If you like what you see here, then we want your work as well. All arcane materials are acceptable from all types of open-minded people, belonging to any and all (or absolutely no) orders, lodges, circles and so on. Sincerity, scholarship, and creativity are our desired qualities. Silver Star seeks to represent the widest possible spectrum of Magick and its practice as it is evolving now. Most disciplines have a Journal that transcends politics and becomes a serious forum for the whole community, a free space where ideas and knowledge can be shared. This is ours.

WHY:

Because we can. Many of us marvel at the current proliferation of magick everywhere. Who has not witnessed the fertile chaos of these uncertain times? Who has not found the tools and information necessary to create conscious change in abundant supply? Cyberspace and the tools thereof provide powerful tools to effect change with Will. We to Evolve. Each one of us now lives in a world where critical choices must be made. As the old song goes: "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." We are united in one simple ideal: Love IS the Law. Do you truly know how much your heart weighs?

WHERE:

HERE and NOW! This is all that matters. We are scattered about the globe, a beautiful 'net of stars', yet in this magick circle of cyberspace we are together. Let us gather in love and will to share our visions and affirm our unity. This is a time of great changes: a new conscious is rising phoenix-like from the ashes of a restrictive age. Let it take flight here.

If you are Asatru, Buddhist, Chaote, Druid, Enochian, Faerie, Gnostic, Heretic, Illuminati, Jungian, Kali-worshipping, Lovecraftian, Maatian, Nordic, OTO, Pagan, Qabalist, Rosicrucian, Shaman, Taoist, Unitarian, Voudon, Wiccan, Xenophile, Yezidic, Zoroastrian, or something completely different, Silver Star is your e-zine. The editors gratefully acknowledge the many contributions that have been made to this issue.  We hope that you, our readers, will find connections with the magickal experiences presently assembled before you.
 

 Silver Star Editorial Collective

 Nemus, Aion, Shade, Nema
 

Love is the law. love under will.



EDITORIAL NOTE:
re: submissions

Direct comments, questions and all submissions (and we ENCOURAGE submissions) to:

aion@psychicsophia.com

Publication dates: Spring & Fall Equinox
Deadlines: One Month Before each Equinox

There is no payment for submissions except good Karma. Authors/artists retain copyrights.
I request that submissions, if possible, be sent in MS WORD as attachments or as text documents (rich text is fine as well). Images as GIFs or JPGs, please keep them small memory-wise and size wise.and please title each peace and put your name as you wish it to be shown ON the piece. Thanks. The journal often has text centered on the pages, one reason for this is the format in which I receive submissions, often this is the best way I can display them on the web page without intensive editing.
If there are odd formatting bits here & there, forgive me- Im doing what I can with what I have.
Note: I do NOT edit for style, content, grammar or typos- I spend my energies getting it up online- so send ready-to-print materials. In other words, all typos and grammar errors are owned by the authors.
RE: Errors, bad links etc: Whoa! Relax. Email me. Ill change it. It IS the web. And remember:
All is transitory....
Each issue is a Great Work but also a Great Joy. As I assemble and weave this issue the strongest feeling that fills me is how very much of one mind we all are, even though our bodies are scattered over the planet.As you wander through each issue, you'll see what I mean. Love/Will--- Aion.
 


"One by one, all the stars appear
As the great winds of the planet spiral in
Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles
In the million insect storm, the constellations form..."

-Brian Eno, Spinning Away